Martha said that her and her family have been waiting for the answer to the same question for years.

“I want to know why. Why he did that,” she said. “But. I’m not so sure I’ll get an answer to that.”

Martha believes Algarad took the “coward’s way out” by committing suicide.

“That only proves to me that he knew what he’d done and that he didn’t want to be responsible for his actions,” she said.

Algarad was moved to Central Prison in May of 2015 on a Safe Keeping Order; something Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said is normally reserved for inmates with health or mental health issues.

Krystal Matlock is charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. Burch is charged with one count of murder and one count of accessory after the fact. Burch and Matlock are still at the Forsyth County Detention Center.

“We don’t celebrate the loss of life in these sort of situations. It’s sad for [Algarad’s family] and out of respect for them we just wouldn’t have any further comment on it,” O’Neill said.

O’Neill could not comment on how Algarad’s death impacts the cases against Burch and Matlock.

A video of the Knob Hill home taken by a county housing inspector showed debris, animal carcasses and moldy ceilings. According to court documents, Algarad regularly performed “Satanistic rituals” and animal sacrifices at the house.

The home was deemed uninhabitable by Forsyth County Housing and Community Development. It since has been demolished and the empty lot is for sale.